Legal Opinion
People v. Samspon
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided October 30, 2017No. Supreme Court Case 17SA49PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hood
delivei’ed the Opinion of the Court.
¶1 Defendant James Sampson spoke with a police officer while Sampson was in a hospital for treatment of knife wounds. Sampson’s statements - are now at issue in a criminal 'case pending against him in Arapahoe County. The key question is whether Sampson was in custody when he spoke to the officer. The trial court ruled Sampson -'was not in custody for Miranda purposes until the officer gave Sampson a Miranda advisement. Finding the People failed to prove Sampson made a voluntary waiver of his Miranda rights, the trial court suppressed the statements Sampson…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Berkemer v. McCartySupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Colorado v. ConnellySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- People v. MathenySupreme Court of Colorado · 2002
- People v. MinjarezSupreme Court of Colorado · 2003
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